### Method

# GObject Object bind_property

since: 2.26

#### Declaration [src]

    GBinding*
    g_object_bind_property (
      GObject* source,
      const gchar* source_property,
      GObject* target,
      const gchar* target_property,
      GBindingFlags flags
    )

#### Description [src]

Creates a binding between `source_property` on `source` and `target_property` on `target`.

Whenever the `source_property` is changed the `target_property` is updated using the same value. For instance:

      g_object_bind_property (action, "active", widget, "sensitive", 0);

Will result in the “sensitive” property of the widget `GObject` instance to be updated with the same value of the “active” property of the action `GObject` instance.

If `flags` contains `G_BINDING_BIDIRECTIONAL` then the binding will be mutual: if `target_property` on `target` changes then the `source_property` on `source` will be updated as well.

The binding will automatically be removed when either the `source` or the `target` instances are finalized. To remove the binding without affecting the `source` and the `target` you can just call `g_object_unref()` on the returned `GBinding` instance.

Removing the binding by calling `g_object_unref()` on it must only be done if the binding, `source` and `target` are only used from a single thread and it is clear that both `source` and `target` outlive the binding. Especially it is not safe to rely on this if the binding, `source` or `target` can be finalized from different threads. Keep another reference to the binding and use `g_binding_unbind()` instead to be on the safe side.

A `GObject` can have multiple bindings.

Available since: 2.26

#### Parameters

`source_property`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  The property on `source` to bind.

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`target`

  Type: `GObject`

  The target `GObject`.

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.

`target_property`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  The property on `target` to bind.

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`flags`

  Type: `GBindingFlags`

  Flags to pass to `GBinding`.

#### Return value

Type: `GBinding`

The `GBinding` instance representing the binding between the two `GObject` instances. The binding is released whenever the `GBinding` reference count reaches zero.

The returned data is owned by the instance.